Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Bucks G League team ‘no longer wants to work with’ Oshkosh Arena owners, may look to get out of lease.
Wisconsin Herd’s lease agreement runs until 2026 but a source revealed the team has opt-out provisions that could release them
OSHKOSH — The Wisconsin Herd may be looking for a new home.
Oshkosh could be in danger of losing the Milwaukee Bucks’ NBA G League team, as an inside source revealed the Herd “no longer wants to work” with Oshkosh Arena owner Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. after claiming it’s in violation of its current lease.
It’s not exactly certain how Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. is suspected to be in breach of the lease agreement, which runs to 2026, but the source explained the Herd has opt-out provisions that could release the team from that lease.
Efforts to contact officials from the Herd and its managing company, Future Bucks LLC, proved unsuccessful while Fox Valley Pro Basketball Managing Partner Greg Pierce declined comment.
News of the NBA G League team’s possible departure comes two months after Oshkosh Arena was listed for sale following a tumultuous seven-year stretch that has seen the owners file for bankruptcy while facing litigation.
Reports indicate the Herd is willing to stay in Oshkosh to work with new arena ownership, but that would depend on the timing of the sale.
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The Herd will have to finalize its home court arrangements before the G League schedule releases in early September.
The Herd likely has until August to nail down home court arrangements for the 2024-25 season, considering the NBA releases its G League schedule in early September.
But the sale of Oshkosh Arena may take longer than expected, as any deal would be contingent on Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. settling its current tax arrears with the City of Oshkosh.
According to the city’s finance department, the Oshkosh Arena owners currently owe more than $619,000 in combined personal property and real estate taxes.
It’s just the latest in a long series of financial struggles for Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. since it first built the arena to attract the Herd to Oshkosh in 2017.
The general contractor for what was then the Menominee Nation Arena sued the arena owners for an outstanding debt of $21.5 million in 2019 before Fox Valley Pro Basketball filed for bankruptcy, reporting more than 100 creditors.
Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. eventually reached settlements with the creditors, including the city of Oshkosh and the Herd, in 2020 before employees were locked out of the arena three years later as a result of fire code violations.
FVPB Managing Partner Greg Pierce says the plan was always to own Oshkosh Arena for seven to 10 years.
But Pierce told the Northwestern the arena’s listing has nothing to do with its financial challenges, as the initial plan was always to own the building for a seven- to 10-year period.
“We hired a consultant to market it and test the waters to see what we can get for it, and so far we have several groups looking at the building,” Pierce said in an interview with the Northwestern.
“If there’s nothing reasonable in terms of offers, then we continue on with the arena.”
The arena is listed on LoopNet as an 80,000-square-foot sports and entertainment building at 1212 S. Main St. without a price attached.
Young American Capital, SFR Realty and Main Line Executive Realty have been retained to manage the sale.
The listing also says the Oak View Group will manage the facility for the next 10 years while revenue is projected at $8 million next year as a result of sponsorship and booked events.
But that figure stands to take a significant blow if the Herd is no longer a tenant of the arena.
Oshkosh Chamber CEO Rob Kleman estimates each Herd home game generates $100,000 of economic impact in Oshkosh.
The City of Oshkosh would likely feel the pinch as well, as Oshkosh Chamber President/CEO Rob Kleman estimates each Herd home game generates about $100,000 of economic impact in the area.
The arena seats more than 4,000 people and the Herd averaged 87% capacity crowds in 24 home games during the 2022-23 season while selling out 11 of those contests.
According to team President Steve Brandes, the Herd also donated $277,000 to charitable causes that season.
And these are figures not lost on Oshkosh City Manager Mark Rohloff.
“We can’t take them for granted, so I’m working to make sure that they never leave,” Rohloff said when asked about the Herd’s impact on Oshkosh.
“I think they’re important to the community and I think they’re important to the success of the arena because the example I use is that of a mall — you need good anchors in the mall, and the Herd represents a credible anchor for the arena and that’s what perspective buyers will be looking at.”
Oshkosh beat out bids from La Crosse, Racine, Sheboygan and Grand Chute to become the home city for the Milwaukee Bucks’ G League team back in 2017.
And the Herd appeared entrenched in Oshkosh for the foreseeable future after signing a multi-year extension of their lease in 2022 that would see the team remain in Oshkosh Arena through to 2026 with a further option to extend until 2028.
Lease extension: Wisconsin Herd, the Milwaukee Bucks’ NBA G League team, extends lease with Oshkosh Arena
Milwaukee may not be obligated to keep its G League team in Wisconsin, either, as the Denver Nuggets (Grand Rapids Gold), Minnesota Timberwolves (Iowa Wolves) and Miami Heat (Sioux Falls Skyforce) all have their affiliates in outside states.
The Phoenix Suns don’t have a G League team.
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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee city workers have been working overtime and on weekends to patch potholes in what is shaping up to be a record year for that type of work. But for many residents, the patching is not enough.
The city’s Department of Public Works has received more than 18,000 requests for pothole service so far in 2026. Workers have already filled more than 10,000 potholes this year — right around what the city has averaged annually over the past five years.
Following a winter marked by repeated freeze-thaw cycles and a spring that brought additional weather-related challenges, city officials held a news conference Thursday with an update on the situation.
Raneissa Baker, a driver on Milwaukee’s north side, said her car is currently in the shop with suspension damage she says will cost her $1,100 — the result of the sheer number of potholes she has hit this year, not any single one.
“Streets are horrible, and every time that you hit a pothole, all you hear, doo doo doo doo doo,” Baker said.
Watch: Milwaukee residents demand permanent fixes as city logs record pothole repairs
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Baker said avoiding the craters is not an option and potentially dangerous depending on traffic.
“It’s impossible to try to avoid it,” Baker said.
At the news conference, TMJ4 asked DPW Commissioner Jerrel Kruschke what his message was for drivers like Baker who have had their cars damaged and spent thousands of dollars on repairs.
“The first thing I tell the public is please pay attention. If you focus on driving ahead of time, a lot of times you can avoid potholes on the roadway. We know they exist. We know it’s frustrating,” Kruschke said. “If you do have some sort of damage to your vehicle, there is a claim system that you can go onto the city website and file a claim.”
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Baker pushed back on that response.
“He said to pay attention and try to avoid it. How are we going to be able to avoid it if you’re driving and there’s a car right here, and there’s a pothole right here? How am I going to try to avoid that?” Baker said.
Patrick Housfeld, who lives on South 12th Street, said the problem on his block is nothing new.
“This wasn’t new this year; this has happened for 21 years straight,” Housfeld said.
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Housfeld has stopped using 12th Street altogether and believes more craters will soon reemerge after the latest round of patching. He called the work on his block performative.
“Make the problem go away. I don’t care what the numbers were or are,” Housfeld said.
Both Baker and Housfeld want more permanent solutions than pothole patching.
Road reconstruction, however, is expensive — running into the millions of dollars depending on the work required.
“You fill it up with Oreo crumbs today, it’s a bigger sinkhole by tomorrow, it’s not making sense, just repair the roads,” Baker said.
DPW estimates it still has about 5,000 potholes left to patch. The city says it will be all hands on deck until that work is complete.
The department says residents can report potholes or repair concerns through Milwaukee’s Service Request page or by calling the city’s Unified Call Center.
Report here: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ReportPotholes
Call here: 414-286-CITY (2489)
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Sneak peek inside the new Milwaukee Public Museum under construction
See inside the new Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, the future successor to the Milwaukee Public Museum, under construction on Nov. 20, 2025.
The Milwaukee Public Museum has now packed 600,000 items from its collection of 4 million as the staff prepares to move them into their new home: The Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin at 1310 N. 6th St.
The staff could still be working through 2027 to move the remaining items, said Collections Move Project Manager Sara Podejko on June 24.
“We will continue packing here even after the future museum opens,” Podejko said.
According to the museum’s June report to the County Board’s committee on parks and culture, construction continues to move along on track, and the new site is expected to open mid-way through 2027.
About half of the total collection has already been inventoried, a painstaking process that has given the museum the opportunity to streamline its electronic storage system.
“There’s been a lot of work ongoing in the collections departments prior to digitize their material, but not everything was. And so, a real upside to this move is that we are able to not only inventory, but barcode all of our specimens,” Podejko said.
That barcode allows collection move technicians to easily input items into an inventory spreadsheet and immediately relocate them.
“It kind of eliminates some human error, which is really important when you’re dealing with four million things,” Podejko said.
Twenty-nine staff members are facilitating the move, including the technicians who were hired and trained specifically to move the artifacts.
“Every time they pack an object, they first assess it for its condition, weaknesses, areas of stability, and then they adapt the pack to that object itself,” Podejko said.
Many of the technicians are also recent graduates and early professionals looking to break into the museum collections scene.
“Collections can be difficult to get into and a job like this kind of gives them (a) foot in the door,” Podejko said.
The public museum’s current facility has continued to face structural challenges amid the move. In January, a passenger elevator failed and was out of service for two months. The only elevator was a small one for wheelchairs, which led to wait times as long as 30 minutes. During that time, an escalator was also taken out of service for repairs.
The museum’s 350-ton water-cooled chiller is also close to failure and needs bearing replacement to keep it functioning throughout the summer.
Milwaukee, WI
Cincinnati Reds Fall to Milwaukee Brewers, Get Swept at Home for First Time Since 2024
The Cincinnati Reds fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Wednesday night at Great American Ballpark. With the loss, the Reds fell to 37-42 and still sit in last place in the NL Central, 12 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. The loss to the Brewers marks the third straight loss for Cincinnati and means they were swept at home for the first time this season and for the first time since 2024.
Reds pitcher Rhett Lowder was given the nod to start on the bump on Wednesday night, and was able to get in a groove early, striking out two batters in the first inning, and one in the second.
Lowder Struggled in Third Inning
The wheels fell off for Lowder and Cincinnati in the top half of the third inning, as Jackson Chourio singled to left and William Contreras slammed a two-run home run to right-center. Lowder wasn’t able to shake off the home run and allowed another home run in the next at-bat to Jake Bauers as the Reds fell behind 3-0 in the early goings. Lowder finished the game with 5.2 innings of work, allowing eight hits, three earned runs, and six strikeouts.
The Reds’ offense was sluggish and woke up too late in the series finale against the Brewers. Cincinnati had a mix of strikeouts, groundouts, and pop flies in the first five innings at Great American Ballpark until the home half of the sixth inning. Brewers pitcher Shane Drohan was effective in his outing, allowing five hits and 0 earned runs in 4.1 innings of work while striking out five Reds batters.
Reds Were Able to Figure out Brewers Bullpen
Brewers pitcher Chad Patrick came into the game in relief and Cincinnati was able to figure him out early, as Noelvi Martin and Tyler Stephenson worked back-to-back walks. Blake Dunn stepped up to the plate and injected some life into Great American Ballpark as he connected on a slurve to right field for a double that scored Marte and got Cincinnati on the board.
With the score 3-1, Reds pitcher Sam Moll came into the game in relief and ran into trouble, allowing a triple, two walks, and a double in four straight at-bats, the latter of which scored three runners to make it a 6-1 ballgame in favor of the Brewers.
Reds Offense Finally Woke up in Eighth Inning
The Reds’ offense officially arrived in the home half of the seventh, as they chipped away at the Brewers’ five-run lead. Sal Stewart doubled on a sweeper to left field and scored when Eugenio Suarez connected for a double on a fastball down the middle two at-bats later. The bottom of the eighth inning proved more fruitful as Elly De La Cruz worked a walk and Spencer Steer homered 400 feet to dead center to bring the Reds within one.
The Reds had a golden opportunity to tie or win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Dane Myers grounded into a double play with the bases loaded with one out.
Cincinnati is off on Thursday before heading to Pittsburgh for a weekend series against the Pirates.
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